Organiser: JinLi Wushu-Tai Chi Pty Ltd

Event: Yang Taijiquan – From Theory to Application Workshop One

When: 12th February 2023

Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm

Where: Sea Scout Hall, 7 Aquatic Drive, Albert Park

Cost: $195

What: This unique series of workshops will focus on using the Yang style traditional form as the base for self-development, the Ten Guiding Principles of Practice as the theory and Push Hands as the method for sensitivity and application training. Each workshop will take you through a few movements from the Yang Form; teaching you the movement and application, layering it with the theoretical concepts, then applying it to teach you sensitivity and an understanding of Tai Chi Jing.

Presented By: Sifu James Gao

Sifu James Gao is a 6th Generation Traditional Yang Style Tai Chi master, with lineages to both Yang Chengfu and Yang Ban Hou. He has over 40 years of martial arts experience, from internal as well as external styles. While hands-on in both forms and Push Hands/Application Training, Sifu James, through his research, has gained a wealth of knowledge in classic Tai Chi and other Chinese Internal Martial Arts theory. His ability to articulate the essence of this theory and how to apply it is well-regarded by his peers and students.

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I recently came across a passage in the writing of Zhuangzi (莊子), the ancient Chinese philosopher, which says 

六合之外，聖人存而不論；六合之內，聖人論而不議。

The two Chinese characters 六合 (Chinese pinyin: liù hé) appear twice in the above sentence. The character 六 means six, and the character 合 as a verb means: combine, close or join.  As a noun, it means: match, marriage or whole.  Nowadays, Tai Chi and other martial art practitioners often translate 六合 as Six Harmonies.

Burton Watson (1925 - 2017), an American sinologist and translator, translated 六合 as the Six Realms and the above sentence as:

As to what is beyond the Six Realms, the sage admits it exists but does not theorize.  As to what is within the Six Realms, he theorizes but does not debate.

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In Australia, 238,800 adults 15+ participate in Martial Arts annually. That is 1.2% of  the adult population. 60,800 children 0-14 participate in organised Martial Arts  annually, which is 1.3% of the 0-14 population. 

Looking at gender, in the broad adult group 56% are females, 44% males  whereas in children, the vast majority are boys at 70%. And drilling in a little  further, the largest share of participation in martial arts when considering age  and gender is in females 65+. 

75% of participants engage in Martial Arts at least once a week, 46% twice a  week and 27% three times a week. Just under 5% of participants practised 7  times a week.

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